FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Montana

Unsafe Driving in Montana

• 1,120Violations recorded
• 8,670Registered carriers in the state
• 58,940State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. Montana carries 1,120 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 48 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.002 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here. Nationally, a violation in this category carries an average severity weight of 5.55.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 4,274
• 2 to 5 power units 3,297
• 6 to 20 power units 753
• 21 to 100 power units 154
• 101 to 1,000 power units 22
• 1,000 or more power units 7

Other categories recorded in Montana

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 172
• Crash Indicator 1,203
• Driver Fitness 2,551
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 349
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 7,237
• Vehicle Maintenance 29,890

Unsafe Driving across every jurisdiction → Every category in Montana →

Figures from the federal source files: EPA’s ECHO downloads, CMS provider files and the FMCSA census.

Counts from FMCSA SMS input files on data.transportation.gov: kjg3-diqy (Motor Carrier Census, 2,122,441 rows), rbkj-cgst (Inspection, 5,834,148), 8mt8-2mdr (Violation, 6,808,260), 4wxs-vbns (Crash, 255,582), p2mt-9ige (Out of Service Orders, 399,600); SoQL aggregates fetched 2026-09-16. The rank is taken over the jurisdictions this desk publishes, and the national figure beside it is the register’s own total for the category.